Chapter 157: Chapter 155: The Third-Grade Ink-Scaled
Jiao (Dragon Serpent) that Lost Its Appetite l
Translator: 549690339
Not long after placing the eight Hidden Cicada Insect Eggs into the soil, Lu Xuan sensed a significant change in the Xuan Chong Vine Spirit Seed within the Spirit Soil.
The seed, which had been dormant for a while, quickly burst with vibrant life force. The part of the seed touching the insect eggs seemed to be slowly melting, the Hidden Cicada Eggs gradually sinking in, part of them apparently embedded into the Xuan Chong Vine Spirit Seed.
Lu Xuan focused his attention on the eggs on the surface of the Spirit Soil.
A thought flashed through his mind.
[Hidden Cicada, First-Rank Demon Insect, powerful hiding ability when fully matured, has a certain sonic attack capability.]
[Coexisting with the Fourth Grade Spirit Plant, the Xuan Chong Vine.]
[It feels great to have a big shot boosting me!]
“Feeding a Rank one Demon Insect with the special spiritual substance secreted by a fourth-grade Spirit Plant, I must say, it’s really boosting.”
Lu Xuan stared at the Xuan Chong Vine Spirit Seed and the Hidden Cicada Insect Eggs that seemed to be merging into one, and sighed.
He continued to inspect the Spirit Field and carefully nurtured all the Spirit Plants in it.
Afterward, he got a free ride on the Spirit Crane to the Thousand Dragon Lake Stone House.
He had never stopped doing his task of raising the Flood Dragons; after all, this task was relatively easy. The dozens of Flood Dragons he had raised were already on the right track, no longer requiring his efforts to train, he just needed to patiently wait for the dragons to make a breakthrough and then reap the Sword Marks.
Although occasionally absent, Huang Yuan, who managed the Flood Dragons, had no objections. He never had the intention to deduct Lu Xuan’s Sword Marks.
There was no way out; in the face of overwhelming power, minor deviations were nothing.
The Flood Dragons raised by Lu Xuan, all were well-trained and had fierce reputations in the nearby waters.
Whenever there were fights over territory or resources, these dozens of Flood Dragons would rush up and beat their opponents into a disarrayed condition.
There was no countermeasure from the surrounding Flood Dragons against this tactic. Even the Flood Dragons raised by the same cultivator could not work together, let alone those from different cultivators.
In just over three months, among the Flood Dragons raised by Lu Xuan, one Second-order Ice Chi advanced to the Third Stage, and four First-Order Jiaolong Pythons advanced to the second grade, far outperforming the average breakthrough rate.
With this level of breeding performance, Huang Yuan’s tolerance was greatly expanded. When other cultivators came to complain about the excessive actions of the Flood Dragons under Lu Xuan, he turned a blind eye.
Lu Xuan came to the Thousand Dragon Lake Stone House and picked up his specially ordered Demon Beast Meat. Then he went up to the platform.
Below, dozens of Flood Dragons, Pythons, and Strange Serpents quietly waited in their designated areas. They looked up slightly at Lu Xuan, their eyes full of anticipation.
“Good behavior, dinner is coming soon.”
Lu Xuan casually praised them, took out a piece of Demon Beast Meat, and threw it in front of a particular Flood Dragon.
The other dragons didn’t even glance at the meat when they heard it fall — an indication of how successful Lu Xuan’s recent training had been.
Upon feeding all of the dragons, Lu Xuan was about to leave when suddenly, an abnormal aura surged from the most aggressive of them, a two-headed serpent.
In the middle of the two heads, a lump of flesh began to protrude rapidly. The dragon roared in pain as both its heads appeared to suffer greatly.
“Is it going to evolve?”
Lu Xuan focused his spirit on the two-headed serpent and instantly knew that it was on the path to advancing to the third grade.
The fleshy lump rapidly grew, and the two heads beside it became thinner.
With a pop, the flesh lump broke through the Two-headed Serpent’s scale armor, a small head came out from the middle of the other two, turning the scene into a bloody mess.
“It succeeded.”
Having raised them for such a long time, he had developed some feelings towards them. Lu Xuan felt genuinely happy for the Two-headed Serpent’s successful evolution.
He quickly took out a white jade thin bottle, twisted it around the head of the now three-headed serpent’s newborn head, filling the bottle with the fresh three-grade Flood Dragon blood.
“The blood of a third-grade Flood Dragon, enough for the Flood Dragon Vine to have a good meal.”
He stored the blood in his storage bag, exclaiming.
“Junior Brother Lu, congratulations, congratulations, you have another Jiao dragon advancing to third grade!”
Not long after the two-headed serpent’s promotion, Huang Yuan came over with a full face of smiles, not knowing whether he had seen Lu Xuan take the three-grade Jiao dragon blood.
Lu Xuan already had a response to this, so he didn’t care, he smiled and said to Huang Yuan.
“Thank you, Brother Huang, what a coincidence, you happened to be there when this two-headed serpent broke through to the third grade?”
“Hahaha! Not to hide it from you, Junior Brother Lu, I’ve been closely watching this two-headed serpent, knowing it was on the verge of promotion.”
“As expected, it quickly broke through smoothly to a third grade Jiao dragon.”
“Adding the previous Ice Chi, there are now two Jiao dragons under Junior Brother Lu’s care that have advanced to the third stage.”
“This is a rare achievement, know that, many fellow students have Jiaolong Pythons and the like, which until the end of their breeding, won’t even have a second grade breakthrough to the third grade.”
Huang Yuan said with emotion, looking at the three-headed Jiao dragon on the surface of the water, his eyes satisfied.
The newly grown head of the three-headed Jiao dragon looks a bit timid, no where near as fierce and violent as the first two, only when looking at Lu Xuan does it show a sense of intimacy.
Lu Xuan waved to the three-headed Jiao Dragon, corner of his mouth hooked upwards.
“Go, cultivate well. Don’t always go and pick fights with others of your kind in new places. With your current strength, winning against them won’t be as easy as before.”
“Lastly, I look forward to seeing you grow more heads.”
“Roar-”
The three-headed Jiao dragon roared softly and then swam at high speed towards the depths of Thousand Dragon Lake.
Lu Xuan didn’t take his eyes off it until it completely disappeared from his sight, satisfied in his heart.
“Another fifty sword marks to hand, equivalent to the reward of a decent task. What kind of spirit seed should I choose?”
“Junior Brother Lu, I was just about to look for you about something.”
Huang Yuan at one side interrupted Lu Xuan’s musings.
“Please, go on.”
“Well, as you know, Junior Brother Lu, there are still quite a few third-grade and above serpents in Thousand Dragon Lake, each being raised by Foundation Establishment Uncle Masters.”
“Among them, one Uncle Master has a third-grade Ink-Scaled Jiao, the bloodline is very good, it has the potential to break through to a fifth-grade Jiao.”
“But recently, that Ink Scaled Jiao has shown signs of loss of appetite, and the problem is getting worse. Not only is it eating less demon beast meat, it even vomits occasionally, greatly affecting the normal growth of the Ink Scaled Jiao.”
“I know that Junior Brother Lu has unique skills in raising Jiao dragons, whether it’s making their food or training, these fierce creatures are not easy things to accomplish.”
“The number of Jiao dragons and pythons breaking through and advancing is the best proof.”
“Therefore, I recommended you to that Uncle Master, hoping you can go take a look.”
Huang Yuan said somewhat nervously, a third-grade Jiao dragon having problems is not something that a Qi practicing cultivator like him should be meddling with, but Lu Xuan’s accomplishments are just too astonishing, making him imagine more.
If he really could solve the issue with the Ink Scaled Jiao, while Lu Xuan would naturally gain the most credit, as the one who recommended it, he, Huang Yuan, would also have considerable merit.
“I can go take a look, but I can’t guarantee that I will be successful.”
Lu Xuan hesitated for a moment, then said.
Although he can grasp the current state of the demon beasts through breeding, he couldn’t guarantee anything before a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a third-grade Jiao dragon.
“Great, Junior Brother Lu, please follow me.”
Huang Yuan said excitedly upon hearing this..